I created a public activity tracker for the matrix protocol network (masl.dev)
from jaykrown@lemmy.world to selfhosted@lemmy.world on 15 Feb 14:41
https://lemmy.world/post/43166739

Hosted on my own hardware currently, open source code here if anyone else wants to try it: gitlab.com/masland.tech/matrix-activity-tracker

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artifex@piefed.social on 15 Feb 15:32 next collapse

This is very cool. Have you uncovered any hidden gems with it yet (eg genuinely active nice communities, etc). My brief experience with matrix left me feeling that either a) either all of the activity on matrix was for matrix-related things, or b) it was just impossible to actually find active communities.

jaykrown@lemmy.world on 15 Feb 16:03 next collapse

Yea I have, and that’s exactly why I created this. Finding them without this tool would have been really annoying. Here’s a screenshot of the top 12h rooms:

<img alt="" src="https://lemmy.world/pictrs/image/9ae30bf9-b730-4c05-b6c1-7aa8bcbe0d93.png">

Right now they are pretty diverse. The two most active I recommend starting off in if you’re English speaking are #envs_lounge:matrix.org and #anime:matrix.org

This is the one I made matrix.to/#/#all-topics:matrix.org before I created the activity tracker and realized there were several others.

jaykrown@lemmy.world on 15 Feb 16:06 collapse

The biggest problem I’ve noticed is that the amount of “Members” is displayed in clients, but so many rooms have a lot of “Members” but no real activity. Which is what this tracker attempts to solve by looking at actual chat messages and timestamps.

irmadlad@lemmy.world on 15 Feb 17:33 next collapse

I’ve never explored the Matrix. Reddit use to be the only ‘social media’ type outlet that I frequented, and now Lemmy. Total Accounts: 2,222,678. That seems significant.

mhzawadi@lemmy.horwood.cloud on 15 Feb 18:26 collapse

I wander if matrix will jump in use as discord now needs age verification?

jaykrown@lemmy.world on 15 Feb 19:24 collapse

I think it will, another reason I built this, because new people coming to matrix will need a way to browse rooms more easily.